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Birkenhead office 0151 647 3775 Southport office 01704 575 515 www.Byrom-Thomas.co.uk The Partners
Leslie T. Byrom FRICS
Les Byrom commenced his professional practice with the valuation office of the Inland Revenue in 1974. With the Inland Revenue he studied for the external examinations of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, studying with an external course of the University of Reading, College of Estate Management which is a nationally recognized centre for the landed profession. The Valuation office gives a grounding background in commercial and domestic property valuation, rating, planning, compulsory purchase and taxation. In 1980 he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with the designation ARICS and in 1990 became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with the designation FRICS. In 1982 he joined the long established firm of H H & J Robinson as a valuation surveyor and in 1984 became an Associate Partner. In 1987 H H & J Robinson was acquired by the Halifax Building Society and a separate valuation division was established named Colleys. In 1988 Les Byrom became Regional Executive in charge of Colleys for Merseyside with the responsibility for the valuation of all classes of properties. In his private life, in 1985 Les Byrom was elected as a Councillor on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, representing Southport and served on the Social Services and Policy Committee amongst others. He is currently one of the Council Leaders and a Cabinet Member with responsibility for Corporate Resources. This connection with social services and property, following closely on the Registered Homes Act 1984 which saw a large increase in the development of nursing homes, naturally led him to take a lead role in the valuation of nursing homes for the whole of the firm of H H & J Robinson. Les ran for Parliament for the Knowsley South Constituency in 1991 and the Wirral South constituency in 1997. He was also a European Candidate in 1999. With a background in the Valuation office he has experience of valuing most types of commercial property and dealing with compulsory purchase , planning and related professional advice with H H &J Robinson, Halifax property services and in private practice since. Office address: 14 Belvedere Road, Southport PR8 2PA
D. Huw Thomas B.Sc. FRICS, FBEng
Huw Thomas commenced his professional
career with the Valuation Office of the Inland Revenue in 1975.
Whilst
studying for the external examinations of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors, he also decided to study for a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban
Estate Management, he was therefore granted a period of leave from the Inland
Revenue and obtained his degree in 1984.
Upon returning to the Valuation Office, he was elected as associate of
the Rating and Valuation Association and five years later was elected a fellow
of the Rating and Valuation Association.
In
1986, he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with the designation
ARICS and in 1991
was elevated to Fellowship, with the designation
FRICS.
In
1984 he joined the long established firm of Smith & Sons as a Valuation
Surveyor, and in 1986 became an associate partner.
In
1988 he joined the firm of H H & J Robinson as a valuation surveyor, this firm
had recently been acquired by Halifax Building Society and shortly after,
the name was changed to Colleys.
In
1990 Huw decided the time was right to establish his own practice working very
closely with Les Byrom and the following year the two practices merged into the
current partnership.
Huw
Thomas has been involved within the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for
many years, being a former Merseyside and Isle of Man Junior Organisation
Chairman and also a former General Practice Division Chairman.
In addition Huw has served on a number of national committees for a
number of years and was involved in the re-writing of the guidance notes for
Mortgage Valuations. Although for a number of years there has been an emphasis on residential valuations, Huw has throughout his career been involved in the valuation of commercial and industrial property throughout Merseyside , with particular emphasis on the Wirral and Liverpool areas and indeed there are a number of retained clients who have followed Huw through the various career moves, commencing with Smith & Sons, and are still with the current partnership.
Birkenhead 13 Hamilton Square CH41 6AX P: 0151 647 3775 F: 0151 647 3275 Southport 14 Belvedere Rd PR8 2PA P: 01704 575515 F: 01704 572100 byrom-thomas@msn.com
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